this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. prepare for a winter battle against coronavirus — that's the latest warning for the northern hemisphere from the world health organisation. as cases rise across europe, governments in spain, ireland and the uk have brought in new local restrictions to try and prevent further nationwide shutdowns. i don't think anybody wants to go into a second lockdown, but clearly, you know, when you look at what is happening, you've got to wonder whether we need to go further. in the us, new rules aimed at banning chinese—owned apps tik tok and wechat could come into force by sunday.

and the new subarea as global warming melts permafrost and transforms the landscape. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the world health organization has warned countries in the northern hemisphere that they need to do far more to combat the coronavirus over the coming winter as signs of a potentially devastating second wave appearing in more and more countries. dr mike ryan, the head of the who's emergencies programme, said the disease wasn't going away. in this pandemic has a long way to burn in our society. it has not burnt out. it is not burning out. it is not going away. the energy has not gone out of this pandemic.

there's a lot of energy left in this and this can drive the pandemic forward. the force of infection within our communities and particularly some countries is still very high. with that warning from the world health organisation, new fear and new restrictions are sweeping across europe as a resurgence of coronavirus takes hold in several countries. spain is the latest to announce tighter regulations for parts of madrid, while ireland is also taking stricter measures in dublin. freya cole reports. carabanchel, a working—class suburb in the south—west of madrid. streets are filled with people going about their business, but it's been identified as a coronavirus hotspot. and from monday, the neighbourhood is one of 26 around the city which will return to lockdown. translation: we need to avoid a state of emergency at all costs, and above all we need to avoid a total lockdown. we need to avoid an economic disaster. hospitals in madrid, especially those in poorer areas, are at breaking point.

the virus has been rising in spain since latejuly. some critics say madrid officials have been slow to act. translation: we are saturated with people who need health care. we are doing the best we can, but we need more workers, we need more resources. ireland's capital city is also under new restrictions. dublin has seen a sharp rise and has been forced into stricter measures before the situation worsens. but israel is the first country in the world to enforce a second nationwide lockdown. and it comes at the most exceptional time on the country's calendar, the jewish new year. there's more than 7000 police officers involved in implementing health measures, preventing movements of up to one kilometre and these rules and regulations will continue until the 11th of the month. for businesses, it means packing up shop again.

translation: it will hurt us because businesses continue to pay full rent. no—one helps us with the extra expenses of having all our workers at home. 30 million cases around the world, and the resurgence in the northern hemisphere is earlier than anyone expected. as cooler weather approaches, health officials are pleading for everyone to take the precautions to stay safe. freya cole, bbc news. prime minister boris johnson has said that the uk is now seeing a second wave of covid—i9. he said this had always been inevitable, but the government still wants to avoid another full—scale lockdown. he was speaking as it emerged that the estimated daily increase in new covid cases in britain has doubled within a month. vicki young reports. the life we used to lead can no longer be taken for granted. we have to do something to get rid of it. it's like fighting a war

against something we can't see. across the uk, governments have been trying to slow a second surge of coronavirus with local restrictions. it is confusing. like, one minute, they're encouraging us to go out monday, tuesday, wednesday, lunch and dinner and drinks, the next minute, police are round banging on doors, chucking everyone out of houses. in wolverhampton, they‘ re preparing for further curbs on socialising from next week. coronavirus is no longer a local problem in a few hot spots. it's going to get bad again, i reckon. there's no lockdown any more here. like, no—one's taken notice of it. the prime minister was in oxford today, visiting scientists trying to develop a vaccine. that's fantastic, that's likejurassic park! but until they succeed, the government will consider tighter restrictions on everyone. we are now seeing a second wave coming in, and i don't think anybody wants to go into a second lockdown, but clearly, you know, when you look at what's happening, you've got to wonder whether we need to go further than the rule of six that we brought in on monday, so we'll be looking at the local lockdowns we've

got in large parts of the country now, looking at what we can do to intensify things there. over the summer, the government's been talking about the path back to normality, encouraging us to spend money in restaurants and return to the office. they're desperate to protect as manyjobs as possible, but they have to protect lives, too. covid cases are now doubling every seven to eight days, and that's prompting a rethink. in england, ministers are considering tighter restrictions for everyone — a so—called "circuit break". parts of the hospitality sector could be asked to close for a short time, but schools and workplaces would be kept open. this virus is on the rise again. leaders of the devolved nations are calling for an emergency meeting with the prime minister this weekend. the coming days are likely to see some hard, but necessary decisions. if we want to avoid another full—scale lockdown, which all of us do, doing nothing almost certainly

isn't an option. there is a vacancy at the heart of the united kingdom, and it needs urgently to be filled. so that we can talk together, share information, pool ideas. the labour leader says problems with the testing system mean it's much harder to control the spread of the virus. this feels very much like we were in february, and so we need quick, decisive action on a national scale from the prime minister. he needs to set out what he's going to do and reassure the nation. we will support him if he does that. many are enjoying these last days of summer. but ministers are already anxious about the severe challenges ahead. downloading the chinese—owned social media apps tiktok and wechat will be banned in the united states from sunday, because president trump says they pose a risk to national security. the apps will have to stop

operating in the us unless they're sold to an american company by the middle of november. tiktok, which has 100 million users in the us, says it will challenge what it's described as an "unjust" order. in the last hour, the president has been asked about the tiktok ban. this is what he had to say. so, we have some great options. and maybe we can keep a lot of people happy, but have the security that we need. we have to have total security from china. just know that we are not going to do anything to jeopardise security. at the same time, it's an amazing company, very, very popular. zhaoyin feng from bbc chinese, who is in washington, explains what will happen for american users of the apps. tiktok's basically getting a two—month probation, so people in the us can still use this app normally until mid—november. and of course everyone is watching how beijing and washington will decide on this tiktok deal

with oracle. it's basically a partnership with the american company oracle. however, it's facing much uncertainty in both washington and beijing. so, the us is concerned about national security and wants tiktok to be sold to an american company. however, beijing does not want to look weak under washington's pressure. so, what this partnership is about is that tiktok is trying to avoid a us ban, at the same time keep the chinese government happy. interesting. let's move on to wechat now, because it's an app that's slightly less well—known certainly outside asia, but absolutely crucial, crucial even to you. you use it all the time. yeah, earlier today i clicked open wechat and all my contacts in the us are trying to share other ways to stay in contact with their family and friends in china. wechat, even though it's less well—known in the us,

is actually a billion—user app and very influential in china. so, this ban is basically a death penalty for wechat. effectively the app will be shut down in the us on sunday. of course, this will severely affect the personal ties between us and china at a time that the bilateral relationship is at a historic low. let's get some of the day's other news. the netherlands has launched an effort to hold syria responsible under international law for what it says are gross human rights violations. the dutch government says there is overwhelming evidence that president bashar al—assad's government has repeatedly committed horrific crimes. the netherlands have published a diplomatic note, the peruvian president, martin vizcarra, has given a defiant address to congress ahead of an impeachment vote against him. mr vizcarra is accused of misusing public funds and lying to congress as part of a cover—up, but he

denies any wrong doing. a20 third tropical cyclone of the year has formed in the atla ntic the year has formed in the atlantic ocean and is heading for bermuda but is confirmed only the second time the list of hurricane names is officially used up and that means in excess of that falls into a tropical storm will get a name from the greek alphabet. the us presidential election is not until november but some bulls are already heading to the polls. these are from earlier today in minneapolis in the swing state of minnesota, a crucial state, were early voting has started. bothjoe biden and president trump have been campaigning in the state today. while speaking in minnesota a few hours ago, joe biden criticised president trump's strategy for tackling covid—i9. take a listen.

so many lives lost because he refused to social distance and did not take care of his apprentices. he only for the stock market and other people. let's speak to nomia iqbal who's in washington. with a slightly confusing image of voters going to the polls and it is nowhere near november so and it is nowhere near november so what is going on? that is right. this is early voting thatis right. this is early voting that is taking place and not just in minnesota but also in virginia, south dakota and wyoming and virginia there has been pictures coming out showing record numbers of people queuing up to cast their ballots. there is also the option of mail in voting as well and people find that

appealing because they don't wa nt appealing because they don't want to necessarily cue up for hours and are worried with the coronavirus pandemic. early voting does go on but not this early and election officials think that this along with the option of mailing in your vote could really increase voter turnout this election. they are predicting that around 150 million americans could come out and vote. interesting and let's look at the state that thatis let's look at the state that that is happening in because obviously it's relatively significant. we may have lost the line and i will carry on chatting and hopefully are identical with risk and bring you back. this is an interesting state, minnesota. just talk us through why it could be so crucial. minnesota is one of those states that on paper, it should be a win for the democrats. they want in 11 straight presidential elections in the last person that republican who won it was richard nixon. but donald trump lost it very narrowly by about

1.5 points. and republicans really wa nt 1.5 points. and republicans really want it. they spent a lot of time and money in the state and they believe that they could win it. and i think they could win it. and i think the strategy here is that it could offset any potential losses that they make in other states. in terms of the state itself, is a very rural white state, has no key suburban vote rs state, has no key suburban voters that donald trump will hope his message on the economy and law and or with those vote rs and law and or with those voters who are worried about how some of the recent protests we have seen have turned violent. minnesota is of course the state in which the killing of george floyd happen by police. but democrats know that they cannot take this for granted. they infamously ignored a lot of... wisconsin, a midwestern state which they lost and is whyjoe biden reasonably is out there trying to show that his strategy is one that will work and that the blue—collar voters can trust him and not donald trump. great

to talk to you. thank you. stay with us on bbc news, still to come, it's man versus beast in a standoff in kenya's masai mara game reserve. music. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. one day there is people alive, and there is people not alive. we just can help and give whatever we got. a state funeral has been held for princess grace of monaco at the church where she married prince rainier 26 years ago. it looked as though they had come to fight a war but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for abolition having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. bells ring. elizabeth seton spent much of her time at this

grotto and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she's become a saint, it's expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businessmen regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — the world health organisation has warned countries in the northern hemisphere that they need to do far more to combat the coronavirus over the coming winter. and new rules aimed at banning tiktok and wechat from the us could come into force by sunday. parts of the spanish capital, madrid, are to be subject to lockdown restrictions to curb a rise in covid—19 as cases across europe continue to spike. from monday, more than 850,000 people in the madrid region will face limits on travel and sizes of groups. antonio zapatero is the deputy

health chief in charge of public health in madrid. he said that the situation in madrid was continuing to get worse. the situation in madrid is getting difficult after the return of a lot of people, the holidays, summer holidays. 7% are going to hospitals. they said 10% needs intensive care unit. the situation in madrid is getting difficult after the return of a lot of people over the holidays, summer holidays. and the opening of the schools. so we decide today to make some restrictions in some neighbourhoods of madrid. in the neighbourhoods which transmission is very high. but are those measures strict enough, are they going far enough? measures must be strict. we need cooperation of police

for the people staying at home. it's like a lockdown, but people can go to work. in these neighbourhoods, people can go to work, but today bars and restaurants, restrictions of people only six people each table. and with 50% inside the restaurant. also the tourists. i hope with these measures, in the next two weeks, we may have a sense the cases in these parts of madrid, it's getting very high. scientists are warning that across siberia, vast areas normally frozen all year round, are now thawing, with potentially devastating consequences for the global climate.

in the second of his reports from the remote reports from the remote yakutia region, our correspondent, steve rosenberg, looks at how the thawing permafrost, is affecting not just the climate, but also the landscape and livelihoods, of those living there. something rather strange is happening in siberia. in the town of churapcha, these are the scars of climate change. rising temperatures mean that the frozen ground, the permafrost, is thawing, leaving a siberian teletubbyland of mounds and hollows, ponds and lakes. it means less pasture land. and more trouble getting around. climate change has been causing all kinds of problems here. where we're driving now was completely flat. 20 years ago, there was actually an airport here and this was the runway. but because the permafrost

has been thawing, the ground has fallen away. the result — no more planes here now. siberia has a whole city built on permafrost — yakutsk. now we stay 12 metres under the surface. deep underground, they are monitoring the rate at which the soil is thawing, because that affects not just the city, but the climate, too. and this is the permafrost? yes, it is permafrost. we see this layer, it is enriched organic matter, the shrubs, grass. and what happens when the permafrost thaws? organic matter contains a lot of gases, greenhouse gases, and when permafrost thaws,

they can go into the air. so, the more the permafrost thaws, the more gases go into the atmosphere? absolutely right. scientists believe that this year's forest fires in siberia have accelerated permafrost thawing as far north as the arctic circle, contributing to global warming. but, back here, ilia has no time to think about the fate of the planet. he is too busy plugging holes to try to stop this permafrost pond from becoming a lake and washing away the house he is building. all the scrap he can find he is dumping to insulate the permafrost.

as for the house, like all the buildings here, stilts are essential to avoid that sinking feeling. translation: they say that global warming started. so, i don't know what's going to happen. but i'll leave that to my children to solve that problem. i'm too old to do it. but what will siberia be like for ilia's children if climate change isn't tackled now? at risk are whole communities and livelihoods. as it is, the land here bizarre, disfigured, is already a permanent reminder change is happening.

in kenya, authorities have shut down a luxury tourist camp which appeared to be blocking the path of migrating wildebeest at the world famous maasai mara game reserve. the plight of the animals was highlighted after a video showing them being chased and turned away from their route went viral. the country's environmental agency says the mara ngenche camp violated environmental regulations, a claim the management denies. the bbc‘s ferdinand omondi reports. this is one of kenya's most fascinating tourist spectacles. every year, hundreds of thousands of wildebeests migrate between the maasai mara game reserve in kenya and the serengeti national park in tanzania. it's a bucket list event for tourists and a money magnet for investors in the parks. but last week, this video appeared to show a group of wildebeests starting the river crossing, a luxury camp blocking their path and camp employees shooing the them away. furious kenyans demanded action. the regulator paid

the camp a visit. officials say the camp, which is 12 tents, had received approvals for half the number. two structures are built within the ravine area of the mara river, and we have given orders for immediate removal. the camp immediately closes all its operations until a full environmental impact assessment study is done to determine the suitability of the camp at the confluence of the rivers. but this statement from the camps management denies any wrongdoing. it also regrets the incident and says workers were only protecting guests who are present at the camp from stampeding animals and a potential loss of life. spots along the mara river is premium. you can sell it to guests as a front—row seat to all the spectacle from the comfort of your tent. but this also raises questions

about creating that balance between attracting tourists and conserving the ecosystem. conservationists are warning that across the wild, migratory animals like wildebeests are under threat from human activity. migration routes are being cut up by fences and structures as their roaming areas shrink further. in the mara, dozens of camps like these are built right next to the rivers where the animals drink and cross. we could move that camp, but if the wildebeests cross somewhere else where there's another camp, we could have another video next week or next month or next year. i think it's important to carry out an audit and understand can we benefit from the ecosystem, but then can we also protect it? because when you think about sustainability and protection of natural resources, you want to be able to use the resource, but you also want to make sure that ten, 100 years from now, the resource is still there.

ple nty plenty more on the website and oi'i plenty more on the website and on the bbc news app and get me online on twitter. this is bbc news, bye—bye. hello. well, i think most of us would agree that the last few days have been pretty decent on the weather front. we've had plenty of sunny spells. it's been pleasantly warm, and this spell of settled weather is going to continue through the weekend. there might be one or two showers in the far south of the country, brought by this low pressure which is actually close to spain and portugal. that's just encroaching into the south of the uk. but on the whole, it's looking absolutely fine, and the advice is make the most of this weekend because next weekend could be very different. much more like autumn. so, this is what it looks like early on saturday morning. you can see the showers there crossing the english channel, just about approaching cornwall and devon there by the second half of the morning

or around about lunchtime. let's zoom in to the south and see where the showers will be. so, the thinking is cornwall, devon, maybe somerset, one or two possibly sneaking into the isle of wight as well, but certainly north of the ma, it's looking mostly sunny. in fact, a beautiful afternoon on the way. bit of a breeze still blowing out of the east—northeast, but even in the north of the country, temperatures could nudge up to close to 20 celsius. the thinking is that later on in the afternoon, it might cloud over around the aberdeenshire coastline and also the north of england. there's a lot of cloud here in the north sea and that north—easterly wind will push some of that cloud closer to land. but the evening on the whole is looking fine for most of us on saturday. sunday's weather forecast is going to be a mostly bright if not sunny day. the winds will be just that bit lighter in the south and no further showers are expected in the south, so, a dry day and a warm one as well. temperatures possibly hitting the mid 20s in the south east of the country, cooler on the north sea coast,

only around 15. the outlook for early next week, it is still looking fine, but midweek onwards, it's a complete change in fact, weather systems are expected to spiral up in the atlantic and head in our direction. yep, you guessed it. autumn will be knocking on the door. so, a big change in the way for around about tuesday, wednesday onwards. now, the beginning of the week is looking absolutely fine and on monday, the south of the country with temperatures still hitting around 25 celsius, a little cooler by tuesday and from wednesday, it's all change.

this is bbc news. the headlines. the coronavirus pandemic is not going away. the health emergency programme said that northern hemisphere countries needed to do far more to combat the disease over the coming winter. british prime minister borisjohnson said it is seeing a second wave of covid—19 and the government still wa nts covid—19 and the government still wants to avoid another full—scale lockdown. daily increase in new covid—19 cases has now doubled within a month. the united states government has said it will ban in the us, new rules aimed at banning chinese—owned apps tik tok and wechat could come into force by sunday. both companies have vowed to fight the decision.